"Coty" (coty)
06/20/2015 at 21:47 • Filed to: GOOOOSE
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"Coty" (coty)
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Story after the jump.
This was my high school art/ yearbook teacher’s car back when life was easier. She always took really good care of it, and while it wasn’t really an enthusiast’s car, she showed it that borderline obsessive level of love we all do. It’s name is Goose, or GOOOSE if you go by the vanity plate. I remember looking at it everyday, and even going to get ice cream in it once. I remember being sad when it was semi replaced. Her husband was buying her one of two cars, but she didn’t know which one. He got the manual, and she had to learn on it. The new routine became hearing how her learning manual was going. (“I sat through 3 green lights this morning trying to get it to go!”) I never forgot Goose though.
It’s chipped, and has some parts to keep the handling to a level above that of a Kraft Single (convertible, remember). She messaged me earlier this week, simply saying “Wanna Goose?” and while I remembered it being a nice car, I couldn’t really explain the excitement I felt at my opportunity to own it. My excitement quickly faded as I thought of my own cars, which numbered at 5. I also assumed that I wouldn’t be able to afford Goose.
She explained that her and her husband were moving back to Hawaii, where she is from. They were willing to sell it to me cheap because they knew I appreciated Goose and all his blue haired charm.
So for $360, including one of his two plates for my wall, and 4 wheels, I have a 6th car. Until my younger brother turns 16. Then he’ll have one, and I can go back to 5.
Long live the Goose.
Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 21:51 |
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Dude. That’s amazing :) Nice Saab mate.
marvthegrate
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 21:51 |
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I am insanely jealous. I love Saab and I love the ‘verts. If you ever need additional performance parts for it, look up Jak Stoll in NC. I know he does a lot of good work on them.
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Coty
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
06/20/2015 at 21:52 |
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Thanks brother.
Alfalfa Romeo
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 21:54 |
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Saaa@aaaaaab!!1!
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Coty
> Alfalfa Romeo
06/20/2015 at 21:56 |
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I’m 20 and have 6 cars dude what are life
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Coty
> marvthegrate
06/20/2015 at 21:58 |
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I probably won’t because kid brother’s first car, but thanks for the tip.
Baeromez
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 21:58 |
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Damn yeah.
NeedForSwede
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 22:01 |
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Now you can be Seinfeld!
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Coty
> NeedForSwede
06/20/2015 at 22:02 |
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Say what now
Slant6
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 22:06 |
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What if I told you I have a Saab I bought for $400 called the Moose?
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NeedForSwede
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 22:06 |
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In the show Jerry drove a convertible Saab
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Coty
> Slant6
06/20/2015 at 22:18 |
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Paint your roof blue.
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Coty
> NeedForSwede
06/20/2015 at 22:18 |
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My top is cooler.
Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 23:26 |
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One thing of note... was a stronger upper engine mount installed? If it’s chipped and a stronger engine mount hasn’t been installed already, you’ll probably be installing one at some point.
You’ll also want to read some of this stuff:
http://www.thesaabsite.com/faqs/FAQs.html
http://www.saabcentral.com/forums/index.p…
http://www.saabscene.com/forum/
http://saabclub.ca/wp/discussion-…
And aside from changing fluids, I recommend you drop the oil pan to check/clean the oil pickup screen. My Saab specialist (back when I had a Saab) said it was a good idea to do it every 100,000km or so. And stick to Mobil 1 Euro formula 0w40 or 5w40 full synthetic oil.
Also regarding fuel... since it’s chipped, stick to 91 octane. If it was stock, you could get away with 87 octane... particularly in colder weather.
I own dead car brands only
> Coty
06/20/2015 at 23:28 |
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More Saabs, oh my god, OH MY GOD! *yelling*
You may have not noticed that I love Saabs. On my third one
kanadanmajava1
> Coty
06/21/2015 at 06:23 |
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That was pretty cheap. It’s always nice to find cars that have been properly maintained by their former owners.
I used to work for one summer in the factory where that thing was born. They were still building that model and I even did one product upgrade proposal. The side windows have two nylon sliders in an aluminum rail to control the angle when the window is moving up and down. The sliders are quite heavily loaded and they were known to wear out. I designed a single piece to replace the separate sliders. A prototype was built and endurance tested to see how it would perform.
My summer work ended before it was decided if my part is going to be used. I visited the factory in another occasion one year later and noticed that old one was still used.
I guess the wear isn’t very big issue after all as I wasn’t even able to find pictures from the certain parts. I’m pretty sure that I have still couple of the production piece examples laying around in my drawer.
Hooker
> Coty
06/25/2015 at 20:33 |
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Genuinely liked this story.
Crocket Bernet
> Coty
06/28/2015 at 20:15 |
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Nice.
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Coty
> Crocket Bernet
06/28/2015 at 20:39 |
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BUDDY
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Crocket Bernet
> Coty
06/28/2015 at 21:23 |
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Sup homie.
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Coty
> Crocket Bernet
06/28/2015 at 22:04 |
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Well I thought the Saab needed a radiator, but turns out it doesn’t. Win.
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Crocket Bernet
> Coty
06/28/2015 at 22:07 |
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Thats excellent! How many cars are in the stable now, you must be starting quite the collection.
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Coty
> Crocket Bernet
06/29/2015 at 07:05 |
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6 :’(